Hair clipper



i J. CATINA 'HAIR CLIPPER Oct. 22, 1940.

Filed July 25, 1938 will,

15 .NVENTOR ATTO RN EYS Patented Oct. 22.,l 1940 UNITED STATESg PATENT or-Flclezf HAIR Curran James canna, Philadelphia, ra. Application July 25, 1938, Serial No. 221,197

/1 Claim.

. My invention relates to improvements in clippers and more particularly to that class utilized for trimming human hair.

One of theprincipal objects of my invention is 5 to provide a clipper so constructed and arranged as to trim hair in a manner to eiect the desired taper to the hair to conform tothe contour of the head whereby to present a neat and attractive appearance.

Another object of my invention 1s to provide Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on the line 3 3 of Figure 1. Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail horizontal sectional view of the reciprocating cutter plate.

In the cutting and trimming of human hair, it is, in the majority of instances, desirable and essential to trim the hair at the hair line about the scalp of the head in a'tapering manner to effect a neat, attractive and Well-groomed tonsorial appearance of the person. This operation, is ordinarily, accomplished by inserting the teeth of a comb between the ends of the hair, about the lhair line, and lifting the ends outwardly for trimming of the latter by means of a pair of scissors or shears, and which operation requires considerable time to perform,

Furthermore, in the foregoing method of taper- 40 ing the hair, the services of a highly skilled tonsorial artist are required to obtain a presentable taper and trim to the hair.

My invention overcomes the foregoing disadvantages and enables an average skilled tonsorial artist to effect a presentable taper and trim to the hair and at the same Vtime permits the operation to be consummated in a considerable less amount of time. It also eliminates the uncertain use of both the comb and scissors for performing the tapering operation.

As practiced, my invention comprises a pair of hair clippers 5, comprising, the usual head plate G fashioned at the rear end thereof with a barrel 'i secured to the upper face of said head plate by means of screws extending through said head plate and threadedly engaging a transversely eX- tending flange 9 integrally formed on said barrel. Fixed on saidbarrel and extending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom is an arcuate shaped handle I9, the latter coacting with a movable handle II '55: the lower end of which is pivotally mounted on the upper face of the flange 9 by means of a pivot screw I2 fixed in said flange 9 and extending up*- wardly therefrom. The lower end of the handle l IIv is fashioned with an arm I3 extendingfor- '1o wardly of the screw I2 and lspaced above the plate 6 and has-formed on the outerend thereof a downwardly extending collar pin I4 for a purpose hereinafter more fully described. y

The front end of the head plate 6 is fashioned '15 with an outwardly and upwardly extending comb plate I5, the latter being disposed at an angle of n approximately 45 relative to said head plate. The comb plate I5 gradually increases in thickness towards the upper and outer ends thereof and is 20 formed with spaced teeth I6 providing substantially triangular-shaped openings or slots I1 therebetween and having the respective face portion disposed adjacent the outer and upper ends of the teeth whereby when said comb plate'is 25 moved upwardly on the scalp towards the top of n the head, the hair line will be trimmed with a taper as hereinafter set forth, it being understood that a longer length of hair will be trimmed from the hair extending through said teeth at the up- '30 per and outer ends thereof thanat the bottom end of said teeth adjacent said head plate 6. k Mounted on the cutting face I5a.`of the comb f plate I5, is a reciprocating cutting vplate I8, the lower rear end of which is fashioned with a right 35 angularly disposed upwardly extending section I9.

AThe outer face of the plate I8, adjacent the juncture with the section I9, is formed with a transversely extending groove 20 in which is seated, for relative sliding movement, the lower end of a 40 pressure plate 2I which adpresses the section I9. The cutting plate I8 is also fashioned with aplurality of teeth 22 coacting with the teeth I6 to effect trimming of the hair upon reciprocation of the plate I8 as hereinafter set forth.

. 45 The upper end of the pressure plate 2| is formed with laterally extending lugs 23 through which extend bolts 24, the lower ends of the latv ter threaded into the comb plate I5 and the upvper ends extending above the lugs 23 and equip- 50 ped with adjustable wing nuts 25. C'oil springs 26, carried by the upper ends of the bolts 24, interpose the nuts 25` and lugs 23 normally urge thepressure plate 2I into engagement with the cutting plate I8 and thereby rmaintain said 55 cutting plate I8 in working engagement with comb plate I5. Obviously, adjustment of the springs 26, through the medium of the wing nuts 25, serves to effect adjustment between the plates I5 and I8.

The sides of the cutting plate I8 are sufficiently inwardly slotted as at 2l, through the ends of the groove 20, whereby to accommodate the bolts 24 and permit reciprocaticn of the plate I8 relative to said bolts.

The comb plate I5, at the sides thereof adjacent the lower end, is fashioned with a spaced pair of upwardly extending arms 28 formed on the upper ends thereof with forwardly extending fingers 2B embracing the section 2l, said section provided, on the sides thereof, with slots 33 for receiving said fingers in a manner to permit reciprocation of said section with said plate i8. The fingers 29 coact with the slots 30 to present a lateral displacement of the plate i8.

The under face of the section 2i is formed with a rearwardly and horizontally extending arm 3|, the rear end of which is bifurcated and receives therein the pin I6 whereby oscillation of the arm I3, through the medium of the handle II, imparts reciprocating movement to the plate I8 for effecting cutting of hair disposed between the teeth I6 and 22.

The end of the barrel l, adjacent the handle II, is closed by a slidable disc 32 while the opposite end of said barrel is closed by a threaded plug 33. Within said barrel and interposed between the disc 32 and plug 33 is a coil spring 34 serving to urge said disc away from said plug. A boss 35, formed on the handle i I adjacent the lower end thereof, engages said disc 32 whereby said handle Il is urged in a direction away from the handle I0. Obviously, when the handles I and II are grasped by the fingers and thumb of 'the hand, and the handle II alternately moved towards the handle I 0 by the fingers and released thereby and moved in the opposite direction by the action of the spring 34, will impart a reciprocating movement to the plate I 8 through the medium of the arms 3| and I3 as heretofore described.

From the foregoing, it Will be apparent that I have provided a simple and efficient device for trimming the hair in a manner to effect a taper thereof about the hair line on the scalp. It is tobe distinctly understood, that Various changes and modications and arrangements of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention if within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A device of the character described, comprising a head plate fashioned on one end with a comb plate, a coacting cutting plate slidably mounted on said `comb plate and fashioned with a transverse slot, said combi and cutting plates formed with coacting teeth for cutting hair extending therebetween, a pair of bolts fixed to said comb plate and receiving therebetween said cutting plate, a pressure plate slidably mounted on said bolts and extending Within said slot for maintaining said comb and cutting plates in cutting relation, means carried by said bolts and engaging said pressure plate for imparting pressure thereto, adjustable means carried by said bolts and engaging said last mentioned means for regulating the pressure on said pressure plate, and means carried by said head plate and connected to said cutting plate for effect reciprocation of the latter relative to said comb plate and said pressure plate.

JAMES CATINA. 

